This is an analysis of the poem Kaddish, Part I that begins with:

Strange now to think of you, gone without corsets & eyes, while I walk on
the sunny pavement of Greenwich Village....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdebeeaaXXefghagiXejkeXhihlmhmicndjlhfhaaopqegXhnkaXjqklhhkiicojeharkncihXoehnmooghlqonijicpXlirXljjhmciocsXfehjgfjrchag keejigkjfgrabjc XkcciksopjsjhmjhhmXsoh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 123,15,22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011011011111 0101001010 11010110111011110 10100100110001101 1110101 010010111000111010 111001010100111010 1110 11101100110101010 10010010101010101 1111010100010111 1011111110101001100 1 010100101000111110 10110101111010010 0101101101110111010 1010101110010 101000101100100 11011100111010001 1001010 101000101101001010 1110 10001010001101010010010 10101011 01011111111011110110 10101010001010101 101101100111011101 01011111 11010100101110101011 1111001101010100 11000100010010101 1100001010101101 10 011011111000100111 1011110101 0110101010111010101 1100010011001 01010010101110101 1100101100111110 11001011101111101 0101001010100 111111011011011 11001011101101 0010101001011111 01101111 1111111101 11101101110101111110 1010101111101010 1001 1101010110111101010 101010001 110100010110110101 01011000101010101101 111010100111111 100100000 1111110010111111 11010110110010 11001101010111 10011011100111010 1 110110011111100 11100010101111111 1010 1110010110011011 110101101011001 1101010011011110101 1011101010110101 11111110 111000110110101011 1010101001101110 1010101 110100100101100100101 11010100110100100 11101001110 00111011010011011 1101011101101011 1011110010101 11111111111001100 11010 110111011100111011 01100111111101011 10011101 1001101010111011111 111 110011111110010111 10110101 010111101101000100 10110011001000110 1 0110100100011100101 001101011101101 101001010 00100111110110010010 11101 10011111111110011 1 01011110110110100 111001010101101 10100111101111101 111001110 110111011010010110 11 1111100101010000111 1111100001101 10011011001110010 10 1001010011111110100 1101011101010000 110 1111000011101101000 1000001010110010 10010 1101011011011111110 1110011001101111 111110101010111 111010111011011 0100010 111101101101011110 11101 10001111010110010010 10001 110111110111011 1111100 01001111011011 111011111010 0011010100110100110 1100110101001 1011010011100010 10010111110100110100 1001001001011101 110101101101001 1110100100 10010110110011 01111001001111 0001001001001101 101111110011110 1011110110100101 1011110 1 101100100110110101 100100101100 1101101011001010 010001001 1110101010001010101 100101111 111011110101101 111111101011100101 0100010111 1110101001001100010 0100111100010010 111101010111101 10100010010 11010111101111111 11110101010011 101001111001110 111011010011011 0110100111011110 1101000100101010100 01010101111011101 110110101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3050
  • Average number of words per stanza: 538
  • Amount of lines: 160
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, in, to, it, toward, old, as, done, with, before, no, more, you, killed, that, i, this, from are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase talking connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Kaddish, Part I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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